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Episode 531: Turn the Page
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Episode 531: Turn the Page

Justin and Dan discuss Hugh Freeze's firing, talk through an early list of candidates and get ready for the first week of basketball season.
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Justin and Dan discuss the end of the Hugh Freeze era in Auburn’s 10-3 home loss to Kentucky and what’s next — both with the football program and the basketball team that officially starts this week. Topics for this show include:

  • where it all went wrong for Hugh Freeze at Auburn in a high-stakes season

  • the most searing indictments of the tenure during the Kentucky game

  • the offense somehow getting worse, despite adding more talent

  • “we’re close,” asking for patience and other eye-opening quotes from the end

  • the common denominator never being the quarterback

  • some of the worst stats from the Freeze Era, including a terrible JHS record

  • Justin goes through Dan’s categorized early list of coaching candidates

  • the Group of Five head coach that makes the most sense as a hire

  • the wild card coaches that don’t seem to have any true comparisons

  • the thing about DJ Durkin as the interim — and in the permanent job

  • a quick ObservFour from Auburn basketball’s 100-71 win over Memphis

  • a look at the Bethune Cookman team that will open the season in Neville Arena

  • a whole lot more that doesn’t fit into this list

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